Cecilia Zhang<\/a> until I read Peter K’s blog. What a tragic tale that puts all of those technical matters into perspective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More interesting links from the past week. To start with something non-technical, there have been a number of blogs (and a deluge of comments) on Tom Kyte’s blog about classic book recommendations. I’m sure Tom would welcome a couple of dozen more recommendations (Joke!). 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